His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 14: Family Event
Moana

“I’ll pay.”

Ella and I were both shocked when we turned around to see Edrick standing there, credit card in hand, his face covered by sunglasses and a surgical mask.

“Daddy!” Ella exclaimed.

Edrick handed the ice cream salesman his credit card and ruffled Ella’s hair. “Eat your ice cream before it melts,” he said, guiding us away from the stand and the people behind us who were getting quickly annoyed at us for holding up the line to get ice cream.

“I thought you had to work,” Ella said.

“I decided to come home early so I could spend your birthday with you after all,” Edrick replied. “But you weren’t home. Selina told me that you went on an outing…” I couldn’t see his eyes through his sunglasses, but the way his head slowly turned toward me told me everything I needed to know.

a bench and Edrick instructed Ella to sit while she finished her ice cream, then he stood next to me and lowered his voice while she happily swung her legs and got ice cream all over her

you had no money?” he asked, his voice sounding cold

honest mistake,” I replied. “I haven’t had to take out money in a while. And besides, the driver

time, suddenly jumped up from her bench. “This is the best birthday ever!” she said very

make her go home, and Edrick’s next words made

really not safe for us to be out

“But it’s my birthday,” she whined. “You never want to go anywhere, and I’m having fun

girl, Edrick,” I said quietly. “Let her enjoy her

deep sigh and crouching to wipe the ice cream off of Ella’s face with a napkin. “Alright,”

the theme park with just as much — if not more — fervor as she had when it was just the two of us. As we spent the afternoon walking around the theme park, I couldn’t help but take out my phone to secretly snap some sweet pictures of Ella and Edrick together. It was so sweet watching them play games together, and seeing Ella sitting on Edrick’s shoulders while we walked that I couldn’t help myself. Edrick didn’t seem to mind the photos, either, although I wondered why he was so adamant on keeping his mask on; would he really want to look back at photos with his

had just as much energy, and insisted on one more

Ella on his lap. As we started to go up, now that we were safe from prying eyes, Edrick took off his sunglasses to reveal steely gray eyes

outing just as much as his

sun, an involuntary gasp came out of my mouth. The way that the last rays of sunlight refracted across the treetops as they swayed in the hot summer breeze, and the way that the string lights lit up the park below us, made the city feel even more dazzling than before. Not only that, but the breeze

me to see Ella giggling and peering out over the

looking at

he had only glanced at me on accident. Soon, the ferris wheel began to roll us back downward,

wheel went around a few times more. When it finally came to a stop at the bottom, the attendant let us out. Edrick put his mask back on then got out with Ella in one of his arms. Then, he